Nancy Portillo
Chief of Staff and Chief of Academic Affairs
Education (Department of Catholic Schools)
Email: DCS@la-archdiocese.org
Telephone: (213) 637-7300
More than 250 Catholic schools serve the counties of the Greater Los Angeles Region. The tradition of Catholic education in the United States can be traced back to the 1600s. The Church in Los Angeles opened its first schools in the 1850s. Catholic schools equip students to follow in the footsteps of the saints and take the redeeming message of the Gospel into the world – in every profession, every household, every neighborhood and across social classes.
Please visit our website at https://lacatholicschools.org/.
Our Staff
Paul Escala
Senior Director and Superintendent of Catholic Schools
Phone
(213) 637-7300
DCS Senior Leadership Superintendent’s Cabinet
Anna-Marie Silva
Regional Superintendent, SGPR and SBPR
Thomas Gasper
Regional Superintendent, SPPR
Tony Galla
Regional Superintendent, SFPR
Erick Rubalcava
Regional Superintendent, OLAPR
Sean Jernigan
Chief of Operational Vitality
Zabryna Gonzalez
Exec. Assist. to Superintendent/Office Manager
Regional Assistant Superintendents
Terry Miller
Assistant Superintendent, SBPR
Barbara Barreda
Assistant Superintendent, SPPR
Ryan Halverson
Assistant Superintendent, SFPR
Teresa Villarreal
Assistant Superintendent, SGPR
Dr. Elizabeth Gregg
Assistant Superintendent, OLAPR
Academic Affairs Team
Dr. Carrie Fuller
Managing Director, School Networks
Leslie De Leonardis
Stem Network Director
Raquel Shin
Specialist, Dual Language Immersion Network
Christina Arellano
Director, Micro-School Network
Gina Aguilar
Director, Academic Excellence (ES)
Sean Griffin
Director, Academic Excellence (HS)
Rachel Rufus
Director, Academic Data, Assessment and Evaluation WCEA (ES)
Lauren E. Murray
Associate Director, Academic Excellence (HS)
Elizabeth Aceves
Academic Excellence Specialist
Sonia Jacobo
Academic Excellence Specialist
Kathryn Liguori
Academic Excellence Specialist
Danielle Paulino
Academic Excellence Specialist
Operational Vitality Team
Michael Santa Maria
Director, Operations and Leadership Formation
Ronaldo Meneses
High School Finance Director
LaShon Conroy
Database Manager
Leadership and Faith Formation Team
Dr. Marco Roman
Director, Faith Formation and Religious Instruction
Michael Santa Maria
Director, Operations and Leadership Formation
Allyson A. Smith
Director, Onward Leaders Program
Danielle Forillo
Associate Director, Onward Leaders Program
Administrative Team
Bernadette Bullock
Administrative Secretary, SBPR and Operations Vitality Team
Jennifer Taylor
Administrative Assistant, SPPR, SEVIS and Operations Vitality Team
Yadira Davalos
Administrative Secretary, OLAPR, Operations and Academic Affairs Team
Naomi Rangel
Administrative Secretary, SFPR and Academic Affairs Team
Isabel Sandoval-Candelaria
Executive Secretary, SGPR and Leadership & Faith Formation Team
Ivania Rivera
Admin Assistant, SEVIS/Pre School and Leadership & Faith Formation Team
Zabryna Gonzalez
Exec. Assist. to Superintendent/Office Manager